Question

Test your skill:
Read the following sentences carefully. Underline the word/phrases used as literary devices. Identify the literary devices. Write down the name of the literary device in the blank.
simile metaphor alliteration personification hyperbole
cliche Imagery proverb onomatopoeia oxymoron


1. Books are the keys to your imagination. ______________________________

2. Gah! Her voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard. _______________________

3. He is a walking dictionary. __________________________

4. Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks. __________________________________

I think my grandfather is as old as these hills! ________________________________

6. In our eighth grade concert, we shone like stars. _____________________________

7. Bark-Bark! Bark! The dog woke me up. ______________________

I ate a ton of food for dinner. ____________________________

The bee buzzed in my ear._______________________

10. It seems to have been raining for years._________________________
11. He runs like a horse. ______________________

12. Sally sells seashells by the sea shore. ______________________

13. That child is a baby bear when he is sleepy. ________________________

14. That little girl is as sweet as sugar. ________________________

The curtains danced in the breeze. _________________________

I usually eat a donut from Dunkin Donuts at weekends. __________________

I know, the talkative driver was unconsciously conscious of his surroundings. _________________

His breathless breathing disturbed me. ____________________

All that glitters is not gold. ________________________

The bullet zinged past my shoulder. __________________

It’s a gorgeous day. The white clouds are edged with orange and gold. __________________

The leaves whispers to each others as the wind took speed.

Answer 1

Answer:

6 - personification 1 metaphor 2 simile